Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq fall for 2nd day as tech slides on AI worries with Google earnings ahead
View original at finance.yahoo.comStock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq fall for 2nd day as tech slides on AI worries with Google earnings ahead US stocks mostly fell on Wednesday as Wall Street assessed a fresh wave of earnings and waited for Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) results, eyeing the fallout from an AI-stoked slump in software and tech stocks…
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Data center orders at Eaton roughly tripled in Q4 over prior year
80% confidenceEli Lilly expanded manufacturing capacity and through US government agreement opened new access to obesity medicines
80% confidenceHyperscalers reconfirmed their capex plans for 2026 which supports Eaton's projects
80% confidenceTreasury Secretary does not have authority to buy bitcoin or other cryptos and FSOC chair does not have that authority
80% confidenceKevin Warsh will likely follow the pattern FOMC has shown for years and let data tell him what's the right policy
80% confidenceBitcoin plummet could cascade into self-reinforcing death spiral that could hit companies with big bitcoin treasuries
80% confidenceUS economic growth in 2026 is likely to be front-loaded with Q1 at 2.6%, Q2 at 3%, Q3 and Q4 at 2%
80% confidenceJob creation took a step back in 2025 with private employers adding 398,000 jobs down from 771,000 in 2024
80% confidenceWhile seeing continuous and dramatic slowdown in job creation for past three years, wage growth has remained stable
80% confidenceMulti-tenant and new cloud players are extremely active and these projects will take years to complete
80% confidenceEli Lilly reached millions more patients launching Inluriyo, expanding Mounjaro and Kisunla globally, and submitting orforglipron for approval
80% confidenceConsumer stimulus from One Big Beautiful Act and government shutdown likely to boost Q1 growth by 0.5% to 1%
80% confidenceJanuary tends to be the largest net job loss month as seasonal hiring ahead of holidays unwinds
80% confidenceBetter-than-expected earnings are no longer enough to convince the market unless company can show AI will be tailwind rather than headwind
80% confidenceSoftware stock sell-off has more room to run
80% confidence
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